Firefighters to offer free detector batteries

The Salt Lake City Fire Department will offer free batteries on Sunday with which residents can replace older batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

On-duty firefighters will also assist residents in checking the detectors and replacing their batteries, according to a news release from the department.

The firefighters hope residents will adopt the habit of changing detector batteries when they change their clocks in relation to daylight-saving time. Properly working alarms save lives, they have said.

Energizer Battery is helping to sponsor the effort.

The free batteries can be obtained between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 315 E. 200 South, according to department public information officer Scott Freitag.